Western-NATO Nations attacked Afghanistan after 9-11-2001 because The Afghanistan Government (such as it was) was deliberately fostering and sheltering an International Terror Organization that had attacked The United States, resulting in the Deaths of nearly 3,000 of our Citizens ...

The Idea that OUR Response OUGHT to have been just a *Shrug*and*a*Wink* strikes me as markedly irresponsible ...

The Taliban are Afghan People who have every democratic Right to take Part in Afghan Society and Political Life, yes ... ???

But they DON'T have the Right to harbor Al Qaida ...

jd23 says

Anymore than that the right-wing papist fundamentalists (aka Santorum) have a right to be harbored in the US.

Seems that the US does and has harbored numerous war criminals: does that mean that the US should be attacked by whomever? You see, this silliness that you kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians because someone you disliked happened to hang his/her hat in another country is ridiculous. The truth is that Saudis hijacked the 9/11 planes and that they were financed and harbored by Saudi royalty residing in the US who flew out on 9/12 courtesy of the Bush admin.

If US troops could think they'd remember how they were used in a useless war in Vietnam and tell everyone they knew to avoid being so used in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Am., etc. (other nations which have also not attacked the US, but which international corporations wish to steal resources from).

There was never any proof that the plot was hatched in Afghanistan. Most of the Saudis had gathered and plotted in Germany, and no one thought of attacking Germany. There IS proof that Saudi royalty living in the US had contact with the hijackers and financed their flight training.

Hmmm, Teihard, give it up. The OP was about how our troops have not "learned," but I think it has been more than adequately demonstrated that there are many, many others who have NOT learned, and it is NOT our troops with the learning difficulties...